The Ultimate STEM Competition.

Future City is a hands-on cross-curricular educational program that brings STEM to life.

Congratulations to all the Future City winners!

Middle School

Created for middle schoolers in or out of the classroom, Future City combines the engineering design process with project management to imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future.

High School

Future City High School promotes STEM learning and teamwork by challenging students to use the engineering design process to create innovative, sustainable cities.

2026 Future City Finals Winners!

Congratulations to the first place Team Alimora, Lionville Middle School in Exton, Pennsylvania.

Second Place was taken home by team Agrovena, West Ridge Middle School, representing the Texas North region. Third Place went to team Agrosyne from JerseySTEM, representing the New Jersey region. Fourth Place awarded to Team SFAX from Annoor Academy of Knoxville in the Tennessee region. The Fifth Place team is Mycelia from PEARL Homeschool Group in the Nevada region.

Get to Know Future City.

Future City starts with a question – how can we make the world a better place?

To answer it, students imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future that showcase their solution to a citywide sustainability issue.

This Year’s Theme

Farm To Table

Design a city that eliminates food waste from farm to table and keeps your citizens healthy and safe.

Suitable for all program environments.

Applies math and science concepts to real-world.

Access to STEM tools, activities and rubrics.

Project-based and hands-on.

Students explore career options.

Why
Future City?

This program allows students to do what engineers do.

Students design a futuristic city with innovative solutions to some of today’s most pressing issues.

How It All Works

Who Participates

Students, Educators, and  Mentors. More than 45,000 students annually in the US, Canada, China, Egypt, and Nigeria.

How to Register

Important Dates

The entire competition can be done over 4 months.

Middle School Schedule

High School Schedule

Hear What Participants Have to Say.

Future City is a program that is essential for building interest in our students for STEM and for future engineering careers.

– Future City Educator

This was our first year, and all of the students that participated are planning to return next year.

– Future City Educator

I think future city is an easy way to have students have fun and learn about engineering.

– 7th Grade Student

We’re Proud of Our Sponsors

Thank you to EA for providing SimCity software to Future City for more than 30 years.